Photographer: Dave Katz. Food and Prop Stylist: Mira Evnine.

Honey Walnut Cake

The Honey Walnut Cake uses just one saucepan (and the food processor), and the flavor and texture improve overnight as it soaks up the lemon-honey syrup

Honey Citrus Cakeץ Photographer: Dave Katz. Food and Prop Stylist: Mira Evnine

Honey Citrus Cake

For Rosh Hashanah, local women made the same cake, a honey cake laced with orange juice and lemon zest. Beat the egg whites hard enough by hand and the cake’s interior will turn almost white, a point of pride for the town’s cooks